Loma Linda University Church will premiere the film “The Adventists 2” at 5:00 p.m. on August 31 in the sanctuary. Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier will be present to give remarks, along with Scott Nelson, MD, an LLU graduate who is featured in the film for his work in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
The film will air on PBS and PBS World this fall. It is a follow-up to Mr. Doblmeier’s “The Adventists.” The first film focused on Adventist faith and health in the United States. The second installment features Adventist health missions worldwide.
Filmed in Haiti, the Amazon/Brazil, Malawi, Africa, China, Peru and the Dominican Republic, the new documentary chronicles the long tradition of Seventh-day Adventists sharing their health message around the globe through medical mission work. It shares “stories of today’s unsung medical missionaries and how they are reshaping health care out of a personal faith commitment,” according to Journey Films, Mr. Doblmeier’s production company.
View the official trailer for “The Adventists 2” at journeyfilms.com/portfolio-item/the-adventists-2-trailer-2.
Mr. Doblmeier first visited Loma Linda University Health a few years ago when his film Bonhoeffer screened here.
“I spent time going around to different parts of the [Loma Linda University] hospital,” he told Adventist Review magazine. “That’s when it started to percolate for me that here’s this somewhat conservative, biblically based Christian faith that’s also on the cutting edge of health care and medicine.”
His full interview with the magazine can be viewed at www.adventistreview.org.